The study of nucleic acids involves sugar glycoside like chemistry, phosphodiester chemistry, nitrogen amine basicity, and hydrogen bonding concepts. As we progress, it is important to draw on parallel aspects from the study sugars, proteins, and phospholipids. The section about glycosidic bonds which have a nitrogen, sulfur , or carbon in the middle of this page is a good start: WikiPedia Link
OrientationDNA and RNA are certainly familiar to you from your previous classes in biology. Although there will be some overlap to ensure you can relate to the material, I will be concentrating on identifying chemical principles at work within the study of DNA and RNA biochemistry.
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Discovery and/or ExplorationChemActivity 39
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Text ReadingRead Text Chapter 26
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LecturesLecture is Monday November 29, 2010 at 10 AM.
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Homework AssignmentDo these problems in your homework notebook: Page #19, 20, 22(Just a great thinker problem!), 28, 31, 37, 38, 41, 43, 44
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LaboratoryLaboratory work gives you experiences which allow you to connect lecture concepts with the real world.
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Performance AssessmentPlace general info here with instructions ... Place link and instructions etc on the Performance Assessment linker page.
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